Scotland sinks in the bubble storm

Large winds rippled across the Scottish coastline, creating a white, stormy sponge that erased a fishing village near Aberdeen on September 25.

The unusually white spongy storm cleared the ancient fishing village of Footdee

It was the great wind force that swept the sponges from the North Sea area into the ancient fishing village of Footdee just off the coast early in the morning.

White sponges - made up of a mixture of sand and water engulf many vehicles such as cars, roads and houses, creating a setting like Footdee has just suffered from an unusual snowstorm.

Lindsay Gordon, a resident of the fishing village, said: " My family came to settle in Footdee before 2000. Therefore, having to suffer from sea storms is obvious. Fortunately, the battle This storm is just a sponge storm. "

Sponges form sand, water and phytoplankton

According to professor Christopher Todd, a marine biologist working at the Scottish Ocean Institute at the University of St Andrews, the entire coastal area near the fishing village looks like a washing machine. The air is covered by layers of sponges mixed with organic organisms.

The ability of phytoplankton cells to produce mucus. When blown upwards and swept along the waves, it will create a bubble storm that submerges the fishing village of Footdee.

Most phytoplankton are extremely small in size and difficult to observe with the naked eye, but they can create extremely large algae blooms that appear in the spring and autumn.

Meanwhile, the sponge layer formed with a rather "stable" structure and could maintain its morphology for a long time.

A Scottish Marine spokesman said sponges were formed from the interaction between the activity of ocean currents and the residue of phytoplankton.

The bubble storm hit the fishing village of Footdee comes from a huge rain and wind combined with the activity of planktons that appear in the autumn and the direction of the wind that pushes the foam off the coast to the coast. . Therefore, this sponge storm is only a natural product so it does not affect human health.

Reference: Daily Mail